All tagged Bread
If Britain and Germany have one thing in common, it’s their obsessions over food and drink. For Germany it’s bread, while for Britain it’s tea, and they’re both certain that the other will never get it right. Is Germany really so bad at making a cuppa, and what makes British bread so ripe for ridicule?
What’s the difference between toast and bread? In Germany it’s clear: one is bread, the other isn’t. Are the Germans right to malign toast and what has that got to do with US food culture?
Listening to some, it would be easy to assume that Germany is a land of impoliteness. Are the Germans really impolite or are we all missing something?
If Britain and Germany have one thing in common, it’s their obsessions over food and drink. For Germany it’s bread, while for Britain it’s tea, and they’re both certain that the other will never get it right. Is Germany really so bad at making a cuppa, and what makes British bread so ripe for ridicule?
What’s the difference between toast and bread? In Germany it’s clear: one is bread, the other isn’t. Are the Germans right to malign toast and what has that got to do with US food culture?
Listening to some, it would be easy to assume that Germany is a land of impoliteness. Are the Germans really impolite or are we all missing something?
What do you get if you cross Albrecht Dürer’s Rhinocerus, a slice of pineapple and a less than talented TV chef? You might be surprised to discover that it’s one of Germany’s more bizarre food creations, Toast Hawaii. How did such a whimsical creation become so popular in Germany and why is its creator still disputed?
This week, new contributor Simon Maddox, of the Decades From Home podcast, ponders why it’s common for people in Germany to eat kebabs sober, while in the UK it takes hours of drinking. Are Germans missing out or is sober kebab consumption the new dawn of personal growth?
The customer is always right, but in Germany they are happy to show you're a moron.
There are many small things people miss when they live in different countries. Sometimes we can live without them, find different versions or simply adapt what we have, but are there somethings that are irreplaceable?
Today we are doing something different, we welcome EatExploreEtc.com to give us an incite on the unexpected things to be found in Bavaria's largest city, Munich.
Continuing our look at shopping in Germany, we investigate the supermarket. Are they all discounters? What is with the customer service? And why are robots trying to kill us?
Germany loves bread, almost as much as beer and they are not shy about telling you how bad your local loaf compares. Can it really be that good and how are they competing against the global coffee shops that dominate the global market?
